ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-12-02DOI: 10.1002/celc.202482301
{"title":"Front Cover: (ChemElectroChem 23/2024)","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/celc.202482301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202482301","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Front Cover shows how the most typical elements present in electrochemistry work together to power and light up the 10th anniversary sign celebrating the last decade of excellent research published in ChemElectroChem. Cover art by Tomáš Belloň (IOCB Prague).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202482301","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142762149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-11-19DOI: 10.1002/celc.202482201
Maike Berger, Alexandra Markus, Stefan Palkovits, Prof. Regina Palkovits
{"title":"Front Cover: Electrocatalytic Performance and Kinetic Behavior of Anion-Intercalated Borate-Based NiFe LDH in Alkaline OER (ChemElectroChem 22/2024)","authors":"Maike Berger, Alexandra Markus, Stefan Palkovits, Prof. Regina Palkovits","doi":"10.1002/celc.202482201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202482201","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The front cover shows a karate fighter who is supposed to represent our electrodes system. She kicks into water and splits the water into O<sub>2</sub> and H<sub>2</sub> bubbles. The feet with which she splits the water are “coated” with our catalyst material NiFe LDH. The same schematic of LDH as in the article was used to illustrate the structure giving reference to our article. Her fists glow with electricity. A wind turbine can be seen in the background to emphasize that green electricity is being used. The woman is standing in a mineral cave and a mineral is shown at the bottom left, which is intended to establish a link to borate/borax minerals. More information can be found in the Research Article by Regina Palkovits and co-workers (DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400457).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202482201","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-11-19DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400457
Maike Berger, Alexandra Markus, Stefan Palkovits, Prof. Regina Palkovits
{"title":"Electrocatalytic Performance and Kinetic Behavior of Anion-Intercalated Borate-Based NiFe LDH in Alkaline OER","authors":"Maike Berger, Alexandra Markus, Stefan Palkovits, Prof. Regina Palkovits","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400457","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400457","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The synthesis of hydrogen <i>via</i> water electrolysis is an important step towards resolving the energy crisis and impeding global warming, as hydrogen can be used as a green energy carrier. The oxygen evolution as one half-cell reaction (OER) is currently limiting efficient water splitting due to kinetic inhibition as well as a complex mechanism, causing a large overpotential. Nickel-iron layered double hydroxides (LDH) were found to be suitable OER catalysts, as they are cost effective, stable and highly active. This work focuses on the intercalation of different organic and inorganic borates into the LDH interlayers to study their influence on OER. Besides activity and stability measurements, three borate candidates were chosen for a kinetic study, including steady-state Tafel analysis and reaction order plots. It was found that the Bockris pathway with the second step as rate-determining step was predominant for all three catalysts. Of all candidates, the intercalation of borate resulted in the highest performance, which was associated with a high reducibility affecting the active metal sites.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400457","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142679908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Front Cover: High-performance Porous Electrodes for Flow Batteries: Improvements of Specific Surface Areas and Reaction Kinetics (ChemElectroChem 21/2024)","authors":"Lyuming Pan, Zixiao Guo, Hucheng Li, Yilin Wang, Haoyao Rao, Qinping Jian, Jing Sun, Jiayou Ren, Zhenyu Wang, Bin Liu, Meisheng Han, Yubai Li, Xinzhuang Fan, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei","doi":"10.1002/celc.202482101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202482101","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Redox flow batteries (RFBs) play a crucial role in large-scale energy storage, with electrode design being essential to their performance. Porous electrodes enhance macroscopic/mesoscopic flow, microscopic ion diffusion, and interfacial electrochemical reactions, leading to improved power density and energy efficiency. This review focuses on the design and strategies of RFB optimized electrodes, promoting the achievement of carbon neutrality. More information can be found in the Review Article by Xinzhuang Fan, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei, and co-workers (10.1002/celc.202400460).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202482101","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142665961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-11-07DOI: 10.1002/celc.202482102
Susan Montes, Alexander Beutl, Andrea Paolella, Marcus Jahn, Artur Tron
{"title":"Cover Feature: Cost-Effective Solutions for Lithium-Ion Battery Manufacturing: Comparative Analysis of Olefine and Rubber-Based Alternative Binders for High-Energy Ni-Rich NCM Cathodes (ChemElectroChem 21/2024)","authors":"Susan Montes, Alexander Beutl, Andrea Paolella, Marcus Jahn, Artur Tron","doi":"10.1002/celc.202482102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202482102","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Cover Feature explores olefin and rubber-based polymers as alternatives to PVDF for binder materials in high-energy Ni-rich NCM LiNixCoyMnzO2 (NCM, x ≥ 0.8) Li-ion cathodes. The evaluation of PIB, SBS, NBR, and HNBR binders includes their physical, chemical, and electrochemical properties and production costs, showing effective competition against PVDF-NMP, by offering stable performance, lower costs and reduced contamination due to their fluorine-free nature. More details are available in the Research Article by Alexander Beutl, Artur Tron, and co-workers (10.1002/celc.202400465).\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 21","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202482102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142665960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Core-Shell Amorphous FePO4 as Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion and Sodium-Ion Batteries","authors":"Peng Tang, John Prochest Kachenje, Xiaoping Qin, Huihui Li, Xiangdong Zeng, Haiyang Tian, Wei Cao, Ying Zhou, Di Heng, Shishi Yuan, Xun Jia, Xiaolong Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhao","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400484","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400484","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Amorphous FePO<sub>4</sub> (AFP) is a promising cathode material for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries (LIBs & SIBs) due to its stability, high theoretical capacity, and cost-effective processing. However, challenges such as low electronic conductivity and volumetric changes seriously hinder its practical application. To overcome these hurdles, core-shell structure synthesis emerges as a useful solution. In this work, we for the first time made this comprehensive review on the progresses of core-shell amorphous FePO<sub>4</sub> (CS-AFP). This review summarizes 1) various synthesis methods such as template method, microemulsion method, and other methods, 2) characterization techniques, and 3) their involvement in improving electrochemical performance in LIBs and SIBs. In terms of further understanding the underlying mechanisms of advancing electrochemical performance of CS-AFP, the future perspective on two main aspects were insighted: (i) in situ characterization and (ii) novel designs of materials and structure for CS-AFP.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 23","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400484","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142762335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400472
Benjamin R. Howell, Joshua W. Gallaway
{"title":"PVDF and PEO Catholytes in Solid-State Cathodes Made by Conventional Slurry Casting","authors":"Benjamin R. Howell, Joshua W. Gallaway","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400472","url":null,"abstract":"<p>All-solid-state Li batteries are desired for better safety and energy density than Li-ion batteries. However, the lack of a penetrating liquid electrolyte requires a much different approach to the design of cathodes. The solid catholyte must enable good Li<sup>+</sup> conduction, form good interfaces with active material particles, and have the strength to bind the cathode together during repeated volume changes. Catholyte formulation is often simply adapted from Li-ion design principles, adding a Li salt to the PVDF binder. Here we show that such a PVDF binder at 10 wt % loading is a starved catholyte condition that compromises cell performance. By substituting a 70 : 30 blend of PVDF:PEO, performance is improved while maintaining nearly the same areal loading of LFP active material. Increasing the catholyte fraction to 16 % can also improve performance, but in this case the benefit of including PEO is lessened, with PVDF alone being an adequate catholyte. EIS analysis shows that PEO helps to form charge transfer interfaces at 10 % catholyte, but that its inclusion can degrade interfaces when there is ample catholyte at 16 %. It is also shown that catholyte agglomeration can impede bulk Li conduction, indicating that microstructural factors are of critical importance.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400472","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400489
Helena Pletsch, Yang Lyu, Dominik P. Halter
{"title":"Ex Situ Electro-Organic Synthesis – A Method for Unrestricted Reaction Control and New Options for Paired Electrolysis","authors":"Helena Pletsch, Yang Lyu, Dominik P. Halter","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400489","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Classic <i>in situ</i> electro-organic synthesis with substrates in an electrolyzer must compromise process conditions to balance electro- and thermochemical steps at both electrodes. This often restricts efficiency and product selectivity, since requirements may deviate for electrochemical (catalyst activation) and chemical (organic synthesis) steps, as well as for paired anode- and cathode reactions. Breaking this barrier, we report <i>ex situ</i> electro-organic synthesis as a versatile method that enables unique product selectivity and unusual product pairs. We exemplify the concept for pairing H<sub>2</sub> evolution (HER) with anodic alcohol oxidation. The two-step method accomplishes this by separating cathode reactions from organic substrate oxidation, and anodic electrocatalyst activation from chemical conversion of organic substrates in time and space. First, the electro-oxidation of Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub> anodes to NiOOH is paired with H<sub>2</sub> production by alkaline water electrolysis. Then, “charged” NiOOH electrodes are removed from the electrolyzer and used in external vessels to oxidize model substrate benzyl alcohol under regeneration of Ni(OH)<sub>2</sub>. Free choice of reaction media outside the electrolyzer allows to selectively obtain benzoic acid (in water) or benzaldehyde (in <i>n</i>-hexane), whereas classic <i>in situ</i> electrosynthesis only produces the acid together with H<sub>2</sub>. Perspectively, the method enables electrosynthesis of previously inaccessible products paired to H<sub>2</sub> generation.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400489","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400522
Leslie R. Arias-Aranda, Gerardo Salinas, Haidong Li, Conor F. Hogan, Alexander Kuhn, Laurent Bouffier, Neso Sojic
{"title":"Annihilation Electrochemiluminescence Triggered by Bipolar Electrochemistry","authors":"Leslie R. Arias-Aranda, Gerardo Salinas, Haidong Li, Conor F. Hogan, Alexander Kuhn, Laurent Bouffier, Neso Sojic","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400522","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Bipolar electrochemistry (BE) combined with electrochemiluminescence (ECL) has gained considerable attention as a versatile and powerful analytical technique operating in a wireless manner. However, only co-reactant ECL has been reported so far when using a BE setup. In this work, the generation of annihilation ECL at the anodic extremity of a bipolar electrode (BPE) is demonstrated in two different spatial arrangements of the electrodes. The reported approach is based on a synergetic effect between the asymmetric electroactivity induced across the BPE, which produces different redox states of [Ru(bpy)<sub>3</sub>]<sup>2+</sup>, and the electro-migration mechanism of the formed ionic species, allowing the localization and concentration of the ECL emission. The presented approach demonstrating annihilation ECL via BE, paves the way for the design of easy and straightforward light-emitting platforms for multiple applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400522","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ChemElectroChemPub Date : 2024-10-30DOI: 10.1002/celc.202400516
Lavrans F. Söffker, Thomas Turek, Ulrich Kunz, Luis F. Arenas
{"title":"Screening of Cation Exchange Membranes for an Anthraquinone-Ferrocyanide Flow Battery","authors":"Lavrans F. Söffker, Thomas Turek, Ulrich Kunz, Luis F. Arenas","doi":"10.1002/celc.202400516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400516","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The disodium salt of 9,10-anthraquinone-2,7-disulphonic acid (2,7-AQDS) is an interesting platform for developing anthraquinone derivative negolytes for aqueous organic flow batteries. Recently, ammonium sulphate supporting electrolytes have been considered for improved stability and solubility. This work advances the 2,7-AQDS/ferrocyanide flow battery with an ammonium sulphate supporting electrolyte (pH 5) by studying the suitability of six commercially available cation exchange membranes: E-620, NR-212, FS-930, F-1075-PK, F-1850 and N-115. Cell cycling under galvanostatic regime plus potential hold was performed to determine coulombic efficiency, energy efficiency and accessible capacity for each membrane as well as capacity fade rate for three selected membranes under extended operation. Cell cycling under galvanostatic control only was carried out to observe transient membrane behavior alongside accessible capacity and apparent capacity fade rate. It was found that the capacity set by the limiting negolyte is consistent with 1.5 electrons per 2,7-AQDS molecule and that energy efficiency shows a simple direct relationship to membrane thickness, with one exception. Meanwhile, four membranes displayed similar apparent capacity fade rates at this laboratory scale irrespective of their thickness, with capacity loss explained in terms of crossover. The best overall performance was attained by the thinnest membranes, E-620 and NR-212.</p>","PeriodicalId":142,"journal":{"name":"ChemElectroChem","volume":"11 22","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/celc.202400516","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142674382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}